Furniture.



No. 643,588. Patented Feb. l3, I900. a. R. BLAISDELL.

FURNITURE.

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PATENT FFIC BYRON R. BLAISDELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DAVID DAVIES AND SAMUEL K. DENNIS, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,588, dated February 13, 1900.

Application filed November 12, 1898. Serial No. 6 96,235. (No model.)

20 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BYRON R. B-LAISDELL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furniture, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates more particularly to such articles as dressing-cases, sideboards, cabinets, 85c.

One object is to provide a simple, strong, and cheap construction of articles of this class, a further object being to provide a frame for such articles which is separable, so that, if desired, the article may be shipped with the parts disassembled or in a knocked-down condition. These objects are attained by the construction hereinafter fully described and which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a front elevation of a frame of a dressing-case made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail of one of the front corners of the frame. Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail plan section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the corner bracket or clip used in securing the major elements of the frame together. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7 7 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail in perspective of a filling-strip. Fig. 8 is a detail section, partly in elevation, on the line 8 8 of Fig. 5. Fig. 9 is a detail section in perspective on the line 9 9 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a front elevation of the completed structure. same. Fig. 12 is a bottom detail plan section of a front corner of the dresser. Fig. 13 is a detail section on the line 13 13 of Fig. 10. Fig. 14 is a detail section on the line 14 14 of Figs. 13 and 11, and Fig. 15 is a detail section on the line 15 15 of Fig. 11.

The frame 16 of the body of the dresser is formed of metal tubes and consists of the uprights 17 18 at the front corners and similar uprights, as 19, at the rear corners, horizontal cross-bars 22, connecting the two front cornerthe tube.

Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the uprights, and similar cross-bars connecting the two rear corner-uprights, and cross-bars 21, connecting the adjacent front and rear corner-uprights.

The cross-bars 21 22 are connected with the uprights by means of metal brackets or clips 23,-each of which comprises a body portion or block having a concave face conforming to the curvature of the upright, and a pair of arms 24 25 extending therefrom and beingin perpendicular relation, the outer face of each of the arms being concave to conform to the curvature of the cross-bar to be attached thereto. At the base of each of the arms 24 25 the block is formed with a circular seat for the end of the cross-bar, the seat being inclosed, at least through a portion of its oilcumference, by an upstanding flange, as 26 27. All of thetubes of which the frame 16 is composed are longitudinally slotted. Each of the brackets or clips 23 is apertured radially as to its seat for the upright, such aperture being located between the arms 24 25. In securing each one of these clips to the 11prights of the frame a screw-bolt 28 is set loosely into its aperture from its concave face, the bolt being passed into the slot of the upright, as 19, thereby locating its head within When the clip has been brought to the proper elevation, the nut is turned up on the bolt 28 to secure it in place. The lower clip 23 may rest directly upon a casterblock 29, secured to the end of the upright, and the upper clips are properly spaced by the use of a filling-strip 30, cut to proper length and inserted within the slot of the upright. This filling-strip is preferably of sheet metal and approximately U-shaped in crosssection, the arms of the U being longitudinally indented or creased and their extreme ends being flared outwardly. The strip 30 should have some elasticity and may be normally a little wider than the slot to which it is to be adapted and being compressed so as to enter the slot may be slid thereinto from its end, and its elasticity causes it to completely fill the slot, so that it acts not only as means for spacing apart and properly locating the clips 23, but also as means for completely excluding dust and vermin.

The horizontal bars 21 22 are secured to the e43,5ss

arms 24 25 by means of screw-bolts 31, and in putting the parts together the bolt is set loosely within the arm of the clip 23, which is suitably apertured to receive it, and the bar to be attached is adjusted to the clip so as to receive the bolt within its slot, the nut being turned up upon the bolt when the bar is properly seated.

A bar 32, preferably of wood, is secured to the inner face of each of the end tubular bars 21, screw-bolts 33 being used in making the attachment and being fitted within the slot of the tubular bar before the latter is applied to the clips 23. The bars 32 are longitudinally rabbeted at both of their inner angles, so that in cross-section they are in T form, the head of the T abutting against the tubular bar 21 and the stem projecting inwardly.

The upwardly-directed face 32 and the downwardly-directed face 32 of the rabbets are in line, respectively, with the upper and lower faces of the clips 23, in connection with which the bar 32 is mounted, and the face 32 and the upper face of the clips 23 form ways within which the drawer 36 is fitted. The rabbets in the under side of the bars 32 serve as guides for the tops of the drawers 36. The bars 32 may be vertically recessed to receive rollers, as 10, journaled upon the bolts 33 and projecting through the face 32, so as to carry the drawer 36. Then this construction is followed, the end of the drawer 36 is made slightly narrower than its front, as indicated by dotted lines at 36, the front extendingalittle below the drawer end, so that it will make a close fit with the bar 22 below it when the end of the drawer rests upon the rollers 10.

The top 50 of the dresser rests upon the frame constructed as described and at its front edge is secured by means of the cornerclips 23, which differ from the clips 23 already described only in that they completely encircle the uprights 17 18 and have a projecting lug 23 having an aperture through which a screw maybe set into the top.

At the rear the top 50 may be secured in the same manner; but when the article is a dresser, as shown in the drawings, it may be secured by the mirror-frame. The mirrorframe 35 is supported by a pair of uprights 34 34:, which telescopically engage the upper ends of the rearward corner-posts, as 19, and I prefer to make this engagement by fitting the tube 311: within the end of the tube 19, which is prolonged somewhat above the top 50 of the dresser. A sleeve 35 is fitted upon the upper end of the tube 19, resting upon the top 50, and its upper end is of reduced diameter, so as to make a close fit with the tube 34. The upwardly-projecting end of the tube 19 and the sleeve 35 are each provided with an aperture in register to receive a bolt 37, and in adjusting the parts together the sleeve is first fitted upon the end of the tube 19. The bolt 37 is then inserted through their apertures from the inside. The tube 34.

has a longitudinal slot, and being now inserted within the sleeve and the tube 19 receives the bolt 37 within its slot. The nut upon the outer end of the bolt being turned up, the parts are thereby firmly secured.

I have described the frame in the form it takes when prepared fora dresser. Of course it may be varied in detail for other articles, such as wardrobes, bookcases, sideboards, washstands, &c. The compartments of the article of furniture are preferably of wood and may take any desired form. I show ordinary drawers 36 in the dresser, differing only from drawers usually found in such articles of furniture in that they are adapted to run upon rollers 40. The ends of the drawers are visible. If desired, any form of ornamentation may be applied to the ends of the frame for the purpose of hiding the ends of the drawers.

I claim as my invention- 1. As an article of manufacture, a frame for dressers and like articles of furniture, consisting of tubular uprights and tubular cross-bars,and having means engaging the interiors of such members for detachably uniting them.

2. As an article of manufacture, a frame for dressers and like articles of furniture, comprising longitudinally-slotted tubular uprights and cross-bars,and clips engaging such uprights and cross-bars through their slots, to rigidly but detachably secure the several members of the frame together.

3. In a frame for dressers and like articles of furniture, the combination with longitudinally-slotted tubular uprights and crossbars, of clips or brackets adapted to fit against the uprights and having arms for receiving the ends of the cross-bars, and screw-bolts for securing the uprights and cross-bars to the clips or brackets and engaging them through the slots.

4. In a frame for dressers and like articles of furniture, the combination with longitudinally-slotted tubular uprights and cross-bars, of clips or brackets adapted to fitagainst the uprights and having arms for receiving the ends of the cross-bars, screw-bolts for securing the uprights and cross-bars to the clips or brackets and engaging them through the slots,and guide-bars secured to the end crossbars, forming ways for drawers or the like.

5. In a frame for dressers and like articles of furniture, the combination with longitudinally-slotted tubular uprights and cross-bars, of clips or brackets adapted to fit against the uprights and having arms for receiving the ends of the cross-bars, screw-bolts for securing the uprights and cross-bars to the clips or brackets and engaging them through the slots, guide-bars secured to the end cross -bars, forming ways for drawers or the like, and screw-bolts for securing the guide-bars to the cross-bars by engaging the latter through their slots.

6. In a frame for dressers and like articles of furniture, the combination with longitudi nally-slotted tubular uprights and cross-bars, of clips or brackets adapted to fit against the uprights and having arms for receiving the ends of the cross-bars, screw-bolts for securing the uprights and cross-bars to the clips or brackets and engaging them through the slots,guide-bars secured to the end cross-bars, forming ways for drawers or the like, and rollers mounted upon the last-named screw-bolts for carrying the drawers.

7. In a frame for dressers and like articles of furniture, the combination with longitudinally-slotted tubular uprights and cross-bars, of clips or brackets adapted to fit against the uprights and having arms for receiving the ends of the cross-bars, screw-bolts for securing the uprights and cross-bars to the clips or brackets and engaging them through the slots, and filling-strips for the slots of the uprights intermediate of the clips or brackets.

8. In a frame for dressers and like articles of furniture, the combination with longitudinally-slotted tubular uprights and cross-bars, of clips or brackets adapted to fit against the uprights and having arms for receiving the ends of the cross-bars, screw-bolts for securing the uprights and cross-bars to the clips or brackets and engaging them through the slots, and laterally-expansible filling-strips for the slots of the uprights intermediate of the clips or brackets.

9. In a tubular frame for dressers and like articles of furniture, the combination with tubular uprights, as 19, of a frame, such as v35, having tubular uprights adapted to telescopically engage the uprights, 19, a sleeve for covering the telescopic joint, and a screwbolt for uniting such three members, the uprights of the frame 35 being longitudinally slotted to receive the bolt.

10. In a frame for dressers and like articles of furniture, the combination with longitudinally-slotted tubular uprights and cross-bars, of clips or brackets adapted to fit against the uprights and having arms for receiving the ends of the cross-bars, screw-bolts for securing the uprights and cross-bars to the clips or brackets and engaging them through the slots, and filling-strips for the slots of the uprights and cross-bars intermediate of the clips or brackets.

11. In a frame for dressers and like articles of furniture, the combination with longitudinally-slotted tubular uprights and cross-bars, of clips or brackets adapted to fit against the uprights and having arms for receiving the ends of the cross-bars, screw-bolts for securing the uprights and cross-bars to the clips or brackets and engaging them through the slots, and laterally-expansible filling-strips for the slots of the uprights and cross-bars intermediate of the clips or brackets.

BYRON R. BLAISDELL.

Witnesses:

E. J. TAYLOR, A. BoWER. 

